Improvement in seed-planters



2 Sheets-Sheet 1. N. R. CARRINGTON.

Cotton-Planter.

No. 27,350. l Patented Mar. 6. 1860,

ma l )Inventum M v ga/m M AM. PHDTO-LITHD, C0. N.Y. LOSBOHNES PRCCESS.)

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N. R. CARRINGTON.

Cotton-Planter.

Patented Mar. 6, 1860.

Witnesses= invento r: 'f

UNITED STATES PATENT llEErcEo N. R. CARRINGTON, OF GOLD WATER, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-PLANTERS.

Sppcilic-ation forming part of Letters Patent No. 27,350, dated March 6, 1860.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, N. It. GARRINGTON, of Cold Water, in the county ot' Marshall and State ot' Mississippi, have invented a new and Improved Cotton, Corn, and Pea Planter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specicationn- Figure l being a plan ot' my improved planter as arranged for planting cotton-seed Fig. 2, a central longitudinal vertical section thereof arranged for the same purpose; Fig.

a plan of the machine as arranged for planting corn, peas, and other similar grains; Fig. 4, a central longitudinal vertical section thereof, arranged in the same manner.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

lhe frame A of the planter' terminates in front with a beam, B, by which the machineis drawn. It is also provided with handles C G in any ordinary manner. A drill-tooth, M, is secured in the front end of the frame for opening the furrow for the reception of the seed. Behind the drilltooth is a seed box, E, the bottom thereof being closed, except an opening or passage, p, for the escape ot' the seeds into the furrow. An axle, Gr, extends through the seed-box, having the drivingwheels-D D of the machine rigidly secured to the ends thereof, so that the axle will revolve with the wheels.

For planting cotton-seed, the axle has near its middlea vertical wheel, H, Figs. 1 and 2, which I call the seeding-wheel. The lower I portion of this wheel runs between two paral lel boards or partitions, g g, which form a trough, fr, in the bottom ofthe seed-box, wherebythe seed is prevented from escaping,except in front of the wheel.

The periphery of the seeding-wheel H is 'formed into alternate projections, c a, and depressions b b, and into each ot'- thes'e projections a a is driven a pin or nail, c. These pins, in connection with the projections and depressions ot' the seeding-wheel, as it turns in the mass of seed, catch and cause a regular discharge of it down through the trough to the furrow below.

In order to supply the seed in the sides of the seed-box regularly to the seeding-wheel, arms Z d are secured to the axle on each side ofthe seeding-wheel, as shown most clearlyin Fig. 1. These arms are of sufficient length to reach nearly to the bottom of the' seed-box as they revolve, and on opposite sides et' the seeding-wheel H they alternate inposition, as represented in Fig. l, so as to throw the seed across in frontot said seeding-wheel tirstfrom one side and then from the opposite side thereet', thereby insuring` a regular supply to the seeding-wheel.

In order to regulate the discharge of seed into the furrow, I use asliding gate, I, placed in a tangential position in front of the seeding-wheel. It is adjustable up and down by a pin, h, tting into any one ot' a set of holes, 13 c' t', in said gate, or in any convenient manner. By raising or lowering this sliding gate the space in front of the seeding-wheel is increased or lessened in a more gradual and controllable manner than if the gate were placed trailsversely to the space, the size of which itregnlates, and it thus interferes less with the free movement ot' the seed downward.

In planting corn, peas, and other seeds, except cotton-seed, I replace the cotton-seeding wheel H by another seeding-wheel, K, Figs. 3 and et, of different construction. This seeding-wheel has cavities 7c 7c, ot' suitable size to contain the necessary number of grains to be dropped at once. A cover, L, which I call the false tloor,7 lits into the seedbox immediately above the seeding-wheel, coveriug'all below, except a small portion of the periphery of the seeding-wheel, which fits closely in an opening, l, in said false door, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The seed is covered by a drag, N, which may be secured in any convenient manner to the rear of the frame A. In the drawings it is represented as being secured to connectingbarspm in., which turn on an axis, n, and as being connected by a'chain, o, with a stretcherbar, s, above, so as to limit the extent to which the drag may descend into the earth.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to `secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the seeding-wheel H, constructed as described, the projecting arms d d, alternating in action on theopposite sides of said seeding-Wheel, and tion of my improved cotton, corn, and pen the tangential sliding ,frate I, substantially as planter, I hereunto set my hand this 12th day specified and in combination therewith the 1 ofJnly,1859.

false oor L, for adapting the variations of the N. R. GARRINGTON. seeding-Wheels to diiierent; kinds of seeds, as set; forth.

Witnesses WILLIAM THERRILL,

i. In witness that the above is a true specicnl JAS. H. KNOX. 

